Pantethine is the biologically active form of vitamin B5. Plain vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is rapidly washed out of your body. The unique structure of pantethine enables it to stay in your body for up to 16 hours helping to support energy production and cholesterol fitness. Pantethine is used by your liver to assist healthy metabolism of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, as well as helping to form HDL cholesterol. Pantethine even helps your liver naturally clear out a build up of any extra fat. Pantethine and its support of cholesterol fitness have been extensively studied in human trials for the past three ...